Stories of the Ineffable
Pale Grey Idol
Strange and uncanny tales from the best contemporary writers of folk horror and weird fiction.
Issue Zero coming Fall 2026
Featuring Seán Padraic Birnie, Brian Evenson, K. Wallace King, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, Steve Toase, and Ben Tufnell.
Where to buy
Print copies of Pale Grey Idol can be purchased via all online vendors, including B&N, Bookshop, and Ingram.eBooks are available through B&N, Apple, Kobo, OverDrive, Bookshop, CloudLibrary, Hoopla, Smashwords, and others.
Issue One coming early 2027
Pale Grey Idol is an occasional journal curated by World Fantasy Award winning editor Michael Kelly.The impetus behind Pale Grey Idol was to give a home to stories that didn't quite fit the needs or aesthetic of Weird Horror magazine.Some of you may recall the first journal I edited, Shadows & Tall Trees. Pale Grey Idol is very much cast in that same mold. A slim journal styled after those first 5 issues of Shadows & Tall Trees, presenting curious tales of the ineffable.Back to our roots.
Submissions are currently closed, as we are fortunate enough to have a backlog of tales for the first few issues. You can subscribe to our mailing list via the contact form below to be notified of when we might open to submissions.Upon sign-up you'll receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your subscription. Please check your spam folder if you did not receive it.